Ezra 9

وَلَمَّا كَمَلَتْ هذِهِ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيَّ الرُّؤَسَاءُ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَنْفَصِلْ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْكَهَنَةُ وَاللاَّوِيُّونَ مِنْ شُعُوبِ الأَرَاضِي حَسَبَ رَجَاسَاتِهِمْ، مِنَ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَالْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَالْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ.

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

لأَنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلِبَنِيهِمْ، وَاخْتَلَطَ الزَّرْعُ الْمُقَدَّسُ بِشُعُوبِ الأَرَاضِي. وَكَانَتْ يَدُ الرُّؤَسَاءِ وَالْوُلاَةِ فِي هذِهِ الْخِيَانَةِ أَوَّلاً».

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ بِهذَا الأَمْرِ مَزَّقْتُ ثِيَابِي وَرِدَائِي وَنَتَّفْتُ شَعْرَ رَأْسِي وَذَقْنِي وَجَلَسْتُ مُتَحَيِّرًا.

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

فَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيَّ كُلُّ مَنِ ارْتَعَدَ مِنْ كَلاَمِ إِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خِيَانَةِ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ، وَأَنَا جَلَسْتُ مُتَحَيِّرًا إِلَى تَقْدِمَةِ الْمَسَاءِ.

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

وَعِنْدَ تَقْدِمَةِ الْمَسَاءِ قُمْتُ مِنْ تَذَلُّلِي، وَفِي ثِيَابِي وَرِدَائِي الْمُمَزَّقَةِ جَثَوْتُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيَّ وَبَسَطْتُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِي،

And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

وَقُلْتُ: «اللّهُمَّ، إِنِّي أَخْجَلُ وَأَخْزَى مِنْ أَنْ أَرْفَعَ يَا إِلهِي وَجْهِي نَحْوَكَ، لأَنَّ ذُنُوبَنَا قَدْ كَثُرَتْ فَوْقَ رُؤُوسِنَا، وَآثَامَنَا تَعَاظَمَتْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ.

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ آبَائِنَا نَحْنُ فِي إِثْمٍ عَظِيمٍ إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ. وَلأَجْلِ ذُنُوبِنَا قَدْ دُفِعْنَا نَحْنُ وَمُلُوكُنَا وَكَهَنَتُنَا لِيَدِ مُلُوكِ الأَرَاضِي لِلسَّيْفِ وَالسَّبْيِ وَالنَّهْبِ وَخِزْيِ الْوُجُوهِ كَهذَا الْيَوْمِ.

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

وَالآنَ كَلُحَيْظَةٍ كَانَتْ رَأْفَةٌ مِنْ لَدُنِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا لِيُبْقِيَ لَنَا نَجَاةً وَيُعْطِيَنَا وَتَدًا فِي مَكَانِ قُدْسِهِ، لِيُنِيرَ إِلهُنَا أَعْيُنَنَا وَيُعْطِيَنَا حَيَاةً قَلِيلَةً فِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا.

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

لأَنَّنَا عَبِيدٌ نَحْنُ، وَفِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا لَمْ يَتْرُكْنَا إِلهُنَا بَلْ بَسَطَ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَةً أَمَامَ مُلُوكِ فَارِسَ، لِيُعْطِيَنَا حَيَاةً لِنَرْفَعَ بَيْتَ إِلهِنَا وَنُقِيمَ خَرَائِبَهُ، وَلْيُعْطِيَنَا حَائِطًا فِي يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

وَالآنَ، فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ يَا إِلهَنَا بَعْدَ هذَا؟ لأَنَّنَا قَدْ تَرَكْنَا وَصَايَاكَ

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتَ بِهَا عَنْ يَدِ عَبِيدِكَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ قَائِلاً: إِنَّ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي تَدْخُلُونَ لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا هِيَ أَرْضٌ مُتَنَجِّسَةٌ بِنَجَاسَةِ شُعُوبِ الأَرَاضِي، بِرَجَاسَاتِهِمِ الَّتِي مَلأُوهَا بِهَا مِنْ جِهَةٍ إِلَى جِهَةٍ بِنَجَاسَتِهِمْ.

Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

وَالآنَ فَلاَ تُعْطُوا بَنَاتِكُمْ لِبَنِيهِمْ وَلاَ تَأْخُذُوا بَنَاتِهِمْ لِبَنِيكُمْ، وَلاَ تَطْلُبُوا سَلاَمَتَهُمْ وَخَيْرَهُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ لِكَيْ تَتَشَدَّدُوا وَتَأْكُلُوا خَيْرَ الأَرْضِ وَتُورِثُوا بَنِيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

وَبَعْدَ كُلِّ مَا جَاءَ عَلَيْنَا لأَجْلِ أَعْمَالِنَا الرَّدِيئَةِ وَآثَامِنَا الْعَظِيمَةِ، لأَنَّكَ قَدْ جَازَيْتَنَا يَا إِلهَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنْ آثَامِنَا وَأَعْطَيْتَنَا نَجَاةً كَهذِهِ،

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

أَفَنَعُودُ وَنَتَعَدَّى وَصَايَاكَ وَنُصَاهِرُ شُعُوبَ هذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ؟ أَمَا تَسْخَطُ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى تُفْنِيَنَا فَلاَ تَكُونُ بَقِيَّةٌ وَلاَ نَجَاةٌ؟

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَنْتَ بَارٌّ لأَنَّنَا بَقِينَا نَاجِينَ كَهذَا الْيَوْمِ. هَا نَحْنُ أَمَامَكَ فِي آثَامِنَا، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَنَا أَنْ نَقِفَ أَمَامَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هذَا».

O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.